AS28

AS28 is a legacy allocation held under RIPE (not ARIN) by the Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V. (DLR, the German Aerospace Center) in Cologne — a clear region surprise, since the low ASN might suggest a US site but this is in fact Germany's national aerospace research center, the only non-ARIN, non-US entry in this block. RFC 1020/1166 list AS28 as "DFVLR-SYS" (the DFVLR Telecommunications Institute), and DFVLR (Deutsche Forschungs- und Versuchsanstalt für Luft- und Raumfahrt) is the predecessor name of today's DLR; the ARIN RDAP shell for AS28 simply points to the RIPE NCC block, confirming RIPE is authoritative. The RIPE aut-num is tagged status LEGACY, maintained by DFN (the German research network). The ASN appears dormant at the object level — no hosted domains, peers, upstreams, or downstreams are visible — so its live announcing status should be verified before treating it as active. The RIPE object's 2002-08-21 creation date is a database-migration date, not the original 1980s assignment. For triage, do not assume US ownership from the low ASN; this is German aerospace research space under RIPE. No notable public abuse signal was found as of June 2026.

Operator

Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V. (DLR / German Aerospace Center; RIPE org ORG-DZFL1-RIPE, Köln) [Confirmed] — RIPE WHOIS

Country / RIR

Germany (DE); RIPE NCC (aut-num status LEGACY; maintained by DFN) [Confirmed]

Allocated

RIPE aut-num created 2002-08-21 (database migration date, NOT original assignment); last modified 2020-11-16; original assignment Unknown

Org status

active organization (DLR), legacy ASN, apparently not actively announcing

Security/abuse context (NEUTRAL, DATED)

no notable public abuse signal found as of 2026-06-08 — ipgeolocation.io

Network & routing

Network type

government / national research (aerospace) [Confirmed]

Size

appears dormant at object level — no prefixes/peers visible — ipinfo.io (2026-06)

Routing/peering

no peers, upstreams, or downstreams visible; RPKI unknown — ipinfo.io

Notable usage

[historical] RFC 1020/1166 "DFVLR-SYS" = DFVLR Telecommunications Institute; DFVLR is the predecessor name of today's DLR. [current] held by DLR (German Aerospace Center) under RIPE/DE — dlr.de

Related ASNs

DLR is part of the Helmholtz Association; networking maintained via DFN (German research network) [Confirmed]

Analyst note

A legacy German aerospace allocation under RIPE; verify live announcing status before treating as active. Do NOT assume US ownership from the low ASN.